| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| podzol |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pod·zol |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p d zôl |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also pod·sol (-sôl) |
| NOUN: | A leached soil formed mainly in cool, humid climates. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Russian : pod, under; see ped- in Appendix I + zola, ashes; see ghel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pod·zolic —ADJECTIVE
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